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Margaret Atwood accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Eleanor Roosevelt Center and PEN America at the Oct. 11 Literary Awards

The Handmaid’s Tale author is one of the most-banned authors in the United States, according to PEN America

“Book banning happens when people are feeling angry, and they feel somebody has to be blamed for something,” Atwood said

Margaret Atwood won't let the bastards get her down.

The Handmaid’s Tale author accepted the Eleanor Roosevelt Bravery in Literature Lifetime Achievement Award , co-presented by the Eleanor Roosevelt Center and PEN America, during the Oct. 11 Literary Awards at the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

“It’s a great honor to be receiving the Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award for Bravery

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